The Seedling - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

I go out back to look up at her

Smiling unluckily at my red fur

And into my own I meld my nose

My full-sized child is fully unclothed

Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know

In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow

When it is cold I shelter her in The wazimy warmth of the monkey skin

And into my own I fold my head

My full-sized child with full-sized spread

Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know

In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow

Hawks and doves and power fists

Black hand gripping our kid’s wrists

Lanterns and arrows and little monk fish

They grant my every child wish

And birdies say I got no children, birdies never know

In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow

Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know

In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow

(Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know)

(In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow)

(Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know)

(In my hidden life I’ve made a seedling grow)